August 1 protest: There’ll be no procession in Edo — Police

The Edo Explain Police Present acknowledged on Wednesday there might well possibly well be no procession by protesters at some level of the #Endbadgovernance nationwide enlighten slated for August 1, 2024.

DAILY POST reports that the Commissioner of Police responsible of the Present, Funsho Adegboye, who disclosed this to newsmen at a press briefing in Benin Metropolis, acknowledged it changed into section of the settlement reached by the organisers of the enlighten in the

enlighten.

Adegboye acknowledged the enlighten would easiest occur in designated areas across the three senatorial districts of the enlighten.

The commissioner warned that anyone came across gathering exterior the designated areas might well possibly well be handled as a prison.

In step with him: “In step with consultations with the organisers of the #Endbadgovernance in the enlighten, now we appreciate agreed that there will be enlighten in the enlighten.

“The enlighten will be in the mode of occupying designated areas. No person will be allowed to march on the streets or in a procession. The enlighten will be gathered, and no molestation, harassment of anyone or blockade of roads.

“Police will give protection to gathered protesters because it is their moral to state their grievances. If that you simply might possibly well be additionally mediate, we can provide water for them. There will be no blocking off of roads, no coercion and procession. We are going to almost definitely be at the venue with ambulance in case of emergency.

“Any individual came across in various areas no longer designated for the enlighten will be handled as general criminals. The police will be decisive.”

Adegboye added that the police whisper would characterize a priority room with the leaders of the enlighten to create clear that hoodlums attain no longer hijack the train.

He suggested electorate to live gathered, adding that they might well perchance possibly be allowed to live their agencies.

On his section, Governor Godwin Obaseki known as on the organisers of the enlighten to clutch into fable adopting various varieties of enlighten exterior marching and processions on the streets.

Obaseki entreated contributors of the public to be vigilant and no longer enable miscreants to hijack the gathered protests to actualize their devious plans to loot retail outlets and markets and cause mayhem.

“I appreciate mobilised security agencies in the enlighten to be on high alert and create clear that law and whisper are maintained and provide protection for real protesters who must note the law and create clear that they live their enlighten in a gathered and smooth system.

“Let me use this broadcast to warn all of us which are looking out to use the enlighten as a pretext to abolish and assault industry premises and public infrastructure that the authorities would bring the plump weight of the law on them and spare no resources in bringing them to justice.

“I enjoin all law-abiding electorate to head about their correct agencies without apprehension, because the authorities remains dedicated to keeping lives and property and must gathered continue to work for the shriek and progress of our expensive enlighten,” he acknowledged.